I've had a few undergraduate students ask me for references for the classical fact (due to Rado) that closed topological surfaces can be triangulated. I know two sources for this, namely Ahlfors's book on Riemann surfaces and Moise's book "Geometric topology in dimensions 2 and 3". Both of these strike me as being a bit much for a bright undergraduate. Question : in the 30+ years since Moise's book, has anyone written a more accessible account?
Triangulating surfaces
Andy Putman
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